The second eatBute food festival runs from 11th – 13th September 2009. Last year’s festival was in May but there is a logic in eatBute 09 running in September alongside Scottish Food Fortnight (5th-20th September).

The main business of the event, at the magnificent Mount Stuart, is naturally a two-day farmers’ and craft market.

There are a range of ancillary activities, most linked to the edible heart of the matter – like cookery demonstrations, a series of ‘interactive lectures’ (does this mean you can talk to them?) by guest chefs and ‘Slow Food’ evangelists and a Sunday lunch banquet.

A ceilidh on the Sunday night will bring the 2009 festival to an end.

The Buteman has all the latest programme details, raising the question of why the event’s own website is still stick on 2008 and makes no reference to 2009.

The satellite image of Bute, above, looks like the invitation to ‘eat Bute’ is actually in progress. The image is reproduced here under the Creative Commons licence.